River City Melee : Battle Royal Special

Overview
This is the most recent installment of the ‘Kunio-Kun’ franchise recreated as a fun and easy fighting game with the fighting aspects taken and upgraded from River City Super Sports Challenge ~All Star Special~.
SteamMixed (52%)
131 Steam user reviewsMetacriticNot rated
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Gameplay
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About the game
- Developer
- Arc System Works
- Publisher
- H2 Interactive Co., Ltd.
- Released
- Sep 28, 2017
Description & review sources
- This is the most recent installment of the ‘Kunio-Kun’ franchise recreated as a fun and easy fighting game with the fighting aspects taken and upgraded from River City Super Sports Challenge ~All Star Special~.
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The developers of the acclaimed fighting game series, ‘Blazblue’, have participated in this game, to improve the user experience. Game is designed to enhance the mind games and overall balance, which allows more strategic approach for players.
Brand New System
- Rage Super Arts : Guage will be filled as you damaged, and eventually you will get into the "Rage" mode once you have max guage! In Rage mode, your overall and Super Arts will be enhanced! For example, you can see Mach Kick II instead of Mach Kick, Bomb punch will be explosive!, and so on.
- New Skills : On top of new special moves, all characters can now use the throw skill. With increased means to survive the battle, players can experience intense combat by lifting the opponent into the air and adding attacks, striking multiple opponents with the Giant Swing, etc.
New Stage
- Football Stadium : Score Goals! Opponents will take damage when you make a goal to their goalpost.
- Factory Stage : Random items are generated when you push switches on both sides! Feeling lucky? Try your luck!
- You can find even more new stages in real game!!
Introducing Game Mode
- Single Player : Enjoy each 25 team's unique story lines.
- Free Battle : Set each battle condition and get into the battle with up to 4 players.
- Multi-Player : Play with friends in online multi-player mode. Searching other player's online room is available.
- Developer
- Arc System Works
- Publisher
- H2 Interactive Co., Ltd.
- Released
- Sep 28, 2017
Ratings & review sources
SteamMixed (52%)
131 Steam user reviewsMetacriticNot rated
System requirements
Features, requirements and screenshots describe the Steam PC version. Other stores and editions may differ.
Windows
Minimum
Minimum:- OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10
- Processor: Intel Core2 Duo
- Memory: 256 MB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia GeForce 7900 GT or better / AMD Radeon X1900 / nVidia GeForce GT 620 (Windows 8.1)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: Direct Sound
Recommended
Recommended:- OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5 / i7
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8800 GT or better / AMD Radeon HD3700 / nVidia GeForce GT 650 (Windows 8.1)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: Direct Sound
macOS — not supported
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Linux — not supported
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Features & game information
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Play modes
- Single-player
- Multi-player
- Online PvP
- Online Co-op
- Shared/Split Screen Co-op
Steam features
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
- Remote Play Together
- Family Sharing
Other features
- PvP
- Shared/Split Screen PvP
- Co-op
- Shared/Split Screen
Controller & mod support
- Controller support
- full
- Mod support
- Not specified
Game details
- Genres
- Action
- Adventure
- Sports
- Developer
- Arc System Works
- Publisher
- H2 Interactive Co., Ltd.
- Released
- Sep 28, 2017
- Content type
- game
- Operating systems
- windows
- Achievements
- 11
All community tags
Community tag votes
- Action56
- Sports56
- Adventure53
- Retro15
- Anime12
- Action-Adventure9
- Battle Royale7
- Fighting6
- Pixel Graphics6
Languages & audio
- English
- Japanese
- Korean
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
Related editions & add-ons
Steam purchase options; availability and pricing are confirmed on Steam.
Sources, updates & publisher notice
- CheapShark Oct 11, 2026 08:35 UTC
- Steam Spy Oct 10, 2026 11:32 UTC
- Steam Store Oct 10, 2026 11:32 UTC
- Steam reviews Oct 11, 2026 08:42 UTC
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Publisher notice
© ARC SYSTEM WORKS Co., Ltd. Published and distributed by H2 Interactive Co., Ltd. with permission from ARC SYSTEM WORKS.



